Alima maxima is a species of shrimp in the Squillidae family, and was first described in 2002 by Shane Ahyong.[2][3]

Alima maxima
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Stomatopoda
Family: Squillidae
Genus: Alima
Species:
A. maxima
Binomial name
Alima maxima
Ahyong, 2002
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Holotype site: USNM 306029 - Molokai[1]

It is a benthic, tropical shrimp and found at depths from 95 - 188 m in the Eastern Central Pacific.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Alma maxima Ahyong, 2002 - USNM 306029". gbif.org. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  2. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Alima pacifica Ahyong, 2002". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  3. ^ Shane Ahyong (1 June 2002). "A new species and new records of Stomatopoda from Hawaii". Crustaceana. 75 (6): 827–840. doi:10.1163/156854002760289791. ISSN 0011-216X. Wikidata Q56036723.
  4. ^ "Alima maxima Ahyong, 2002". SeaLifeBase. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
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